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UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS
International General Certificate of Secondary Education
ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE
Paper 2 Reading and Writing
May/June 2004
2 hours
Candidates answer on the Question Paper.
No Additional Materials are required.
READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST
Write your Centre number, candidate number and name on all the work you hand in.
Write in dark blue or black pen in the spaces provided on the Question Paper.
Do not use staples, paper clips, glue or correction fluid.
Answer all questions.
The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question.
At the end of the examination, fasten all your work securely together.
Dictionaries are not allowed.
If you have been given a label, look at
the details. If any are incorrect or
missing, please fill in your correct details
in the space given at the top of this page.
Stick your personal label here, if
provided.
FOR EXAMINER’S USE
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
TOTAL
This document consists of 19 printed pages and 1 blank page.
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Part 1
Part 1: Exercise 1
Read the following advertisement about an owl centre, and then answer the questions on the opposite
page.
You would be
WISE
to visit our
Owl Sanctuary!
Read on...
Opening times:
March to November
10:00 to 17:30 daily
December to February
Weekends & holidays only
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Come and experience the
wonderful and fascinating
world of owls.
Our owl
collection is the largest in
Europe − more than 350 of
them.
Our centre was founded in
1988 and has provided a
resting place for many
injured owls ever since.
Indeed, most of the owls in
our sanctuary have been
nursed back from ill health or
accidents, and those that
make a full recovery are
released back into the wild
again − it is our way of
helping the environment.
They are cared for in our owl
hospital unit, which is funded
entirely by the generous
donations of our visitors.
Visit our lecture room to hear
one or more of the daily talks
by owl specialists, designed
to educate and amaze you.
Learn to handle and fly the
owls yourself! Spectacular
flying displays are held daily
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at midday and 3 p.m., both
indoors and out in the open
air.
The Owl Sanctuary will offer
you the perfect day, filled
with fun, excitement and
learning. We have ample
parking and picnic places,
and we offer educational
discounts (20% reduction on
child entrance fee, age 5-16
inclusive).
Access
for
disabled visitors is good
throughout our centre. We
have a gift shop, and
refreshments are served
throughout the day at our
café.
If you cannot visit us, then
we can come to you. Our
tour bus can bring our owls
to your school, college,
library or hall.
Find out more on our
interactive website about
owls, which is packed with
puzzles, information and
project sheets to download:
www.wiseasanowl.com.
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For
Examiner's
Use
(a) When did the work of the centre begin?
[1]
(b) Describe the centre’s role in helping injured owls.
[1]
(c) How is the owl hospital financed?
[1]
(d) Why is it cheaper to visit the centre as a school group?
[1]
(e) Other than visiting the centre, how else could you see the owls?
[1]
(f) What does the centre's website offer everyone?
[1]
[Total: 6]
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Part 1: Exercise 2
Read the following article about the Guinness World Records book, which describes new
achievements every year. Then answer the questions on the opposite page.
Record breakers
The Guinness World Records book is updated every year. This year sees the 50th
edition of the famous, fact-filled book, which is printed in 23 different languages. It
interests and delights readers all around the world − it's available in more than 100
countries. People send in claims for new records constantly to the Guinness World
Records Headquarters, which then has to research and check each claim. Some
claims are conventional but others are for extraordinary records. In 2002 and 2003,
about 60,000 record claims were received. Some of these were new types of records,
whilst others were updates on past records which have now been superseded. About
1,000 new types of record can appear in each new issue of the book.
DO YOU KNOW THE WORLD RECORD FOR...
the smallest hand-made teddy bear?
It is 9 mm in length and consists of 6 main parts: head, body and four
limbs, each of which is moveable and stuffed with cotton.
the largest number of people inside a VW beetle car?
In April 2000, 25 people were able to get into one of these cars in Austria.
the youngest visitor to both geographical poles?
Both North and South Pole have been reached by a young American boy
who was 9 when he visited the North Pole and 11 years old when he
reached the South Pole in January 2002.
the heaviest car ever balanced on a man's head?
A Mini, a small car weighing 159.6 kg, was balanced on a man's head for
33 seconds in 1999.
the longest time spent pushing a car?
In December 2001, two men pushed a Chevrolet along Texas streets
between 6.20 in the morning and 11.17 that evening.
the longest journey ever driven?
Two Swiss colleagues travelled a distance of 509,674 km in 1984 in a
Toyota Land cruiser vehicle.
Find out details of all the above records and many, many more in the new edition of this
record-breaking book of records!
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For
Examiner's
Use
(a) How do we know that the record book is popular all around the world? Give two details.
[1]
(b) What is the role of the Headquarters of the Guinness World Records?
[1]
(c) What are the two sorts of records that the Guinness World Records book will accept?
[1]
(d) What is unusual about the young boy mentioned?
[1]
(e) One record is for filling up a car with people. What do two other car records involve?
[1]
[Total: 5]
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Part 1: Exercise 3
Read the following article about the history of tea-drinking, and then answer the questions on the
opposite page.
Can you imagine life without tea?
Tea drinking began on a windy day
about 4,700 years ago, when the
Chinese Emperor Shen Nong
commanded his servants to boil a
pot of water for him to drink. Very
wisely, he always insisted that water
should be boiled prior to drinking.
Dried leaves from a nearby tea bush
were blown into his pot and turned
the bubbling liquid a deep shade of
brown. Rather than throw the water
away and start afresh, as supplies
were short, the emperor insisted on
tasting the brew and immediately
hailed it as a refreshing drink.
For nearly five more millennia, we
have been drinking tea. The
Japanese soon adopted Shen Nong's
drink of tea, along with a ceremony
in its preparation. Incredibly, it was
not until 4,000 years later that teadrinking reached Europe. Travelling
merchants mentioned the properties
of the tea bush, but no-one was sure
how to use the leaf or how to serve
it. In 1560, however, a Portuguese
missionary in China sampled a cup
of tea, and four years later Portugal
opened up the first official trade
route to China.
Gradually, tea drinking became
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available around the world, but only
to people who could afford it. By the
end of the seventeenth century, it
became a tradition to drink tea midafternoon in some countries, and one
tea drinker even added milk to the
formerly black drink. In London, tea
became, surprisingly, the main drink
in the coffee houses, where for just a
penny customers could obtain a pot
of tea and a newspaper.
The tea-drinking tradition then
travelled across the Atlantic. Until
then, tea had been drunk steaming
hot. In 1904, however, a heatwave in
St. Louis, USA, meant that people
were searching for a cooling drink.
One plantation grower poured
buckets of ice into his brew of tea the birth of iced tea. Four years later,
a tea merchant sent some samples of
tea in aerated bags to restaurants.
The chefs should have opened the
bags of tea to make a drink, but they
found it easier to make the tea
without opening them, and so the tea
bag was born.
And today, whether black or green,
with lemon or milk, life would be
much duller without the humble tea
leaf.
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For
Examiner's
Use
(a) How was tea as a drink first discovered?
[1]
(b) What did the Japanese add to the tea-drinking tradition?
[1]
(c) Why did the tradition of tea-drinking take so long to reach Europe?
[1]
(d) What helped tea-drinking to become popular in the seventeenth century?
[1]
(e) How did the very hot weather change the way in which people drink tea?
[1]
(f) How was the tea bag invented?
[2]
[Total: 7]
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Part 2
Part 2: Exercise 1
Read the following article about company telephone centres (or ‘call centres’) in India, and then
answer the questions on the opposite page.
India calling
Canada
6%
UK
33%
INDIA
USA
39%
Calls to
call centre
in India
Australia
20%
New Zealand 2%
If you live in Australasia,
Canada, North America or the
UK, the next time you speak to
your insurance company for
information or you book an air
ticket by telephone or even
deal
with
your
bank,
don't assume that their
representatives are in an office
in your own country − they
could be in India! It sounds
incredible but many companies
have already moved their
telephone sales and enquiry
departments all the way to 'call
centres' in India...
Unbelievable? Many people
think it is a sensible decision:
costs in India are lower and
the workforce is young and
keen. For example, in one
particular call centre office in
Delhi, it can be 25 degrees
Celsius outside and night time,
but inside the cool, airconditioned office it is still very
busy. This company employs
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3,000 telephonists, and over
1,000 young graduates apply
for every job vacancy.
The working conditions in this
attractive office are good —
there's a doctor and a huge,
subsidised canteen on site —
it's like being at college again
and so many people want to
work there. Each day, staff
have a meeting before
beginning their shift on the
telephone. They discuss the
weather across the world − the
most favoured topic discussed
with their customers is typically
the rain in the West. Foreign
newspapers are on-line, ready
for employees to be up-to-date
with current affairs to help
them when talking to their
customers. Clocks on the walls
show the time all round the
world at a glance.
So why don't these employees
admit they might be 4,000
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miles
away
from
their
customers? Customers might
be worried if they thought they
were dialling India. They might
be visualising huge bills,
perhaps, or they might be
anxious if they thought their
company was trading so far
away from home. The staff
don't say that they are calling
from India unless asked. Then
their standard reply is,
"Guess". If customers do find
out where they are calling
from,
they
are
usually
fascinated by the time
difference and how late the
employees in India are
working. However, customers
are more concerned with the
high level of service provided
rather than where the call is
coming from.
When the employees leave the
call centre to go home, they
suddenly go from a global view
back into the local Indian night.
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(a) According to the map, where are the three main sources of customers for call centres in
India?
For
Examiner's
Use
[1]
(b) Give two reasons why companies might consider basing their call centres in India.
[1]
(c) How do we know that it is difficult to obtain work at the call centre in Delhi?
[1]
(d) Give three ways in which employees are encouraged to have a global view of what is
happening.
[1]
(e) How do the customers usually respond if they find out that they are talking to someone in
India?
[1]
(f) According to the passage, what is the most important aspect of the call centre's service for
the customer?
[1]
(g) Write a short paragraph (about 60 words) about the ways in which the call centre in Delhi
looks after its employees.
[4]
[Total: 10]
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Part 2: Exercise 2
Read the following passage, which is about the tradition of Flamenco.
Then write a summary of the method of performing Flamenco.
Your summary should be about 100 words.
Try to use your own words as much as possible.
Spanish
fire
Flamenco dancing is one of Spain's most famous and most romantic traditions, known
throughout the world for its vibrancy and for its fluid movements. Flamenco is only really 200
years old as we know the tradition today, but its origins stretch back much further in time. It is
thought to have arrived in southern Spain in the 15th century with gypsies coming from India.
Certainly, Flamenco's complex rhythms, syncopated clapping and vigorous stamping of the
feet are all part of the rich gypsy folk tradition. The popular songs and dances of this region
of Spain itself were also important in the early development of Flamenco. The first Flamenco
was vocal, accompanied only by the clapping of hands. Soon guitar playing was added, and
finally Flamenco dancing completed this colourful tradition.
All over Spain there are Flamenco sessions − in the large cities famous dancers perform,
while even in the smallest village there is some sort of Flamenco festival in celebration of the
country's dancing tradition. Young children often learn Flamenco, too, and join in children's
dance festivals.
A typical setting for Flamenco dancing is late at night, accompanied by wine and a meal. The
moon silhouettes the mountains creating just the right atmosphere for the three parts of the
Flamenco − the song, the dance and the guitar playing.
A sombre, slow guitar melody is played first, which sets the
scene for the drama to come − the story, which is told by
the actual Flamenco dance. A baritone sings and provides
the background to the story which the dancers are
portraying. The stories are varied and always relevant to
the audience. Indeed, Flamenco is said to embrace all
human emotions in its dances, from sadness to
passionate laughter and feelings of happiness. Next, the
percussion joins the scene with drums providing a strong
and regular beat to the occasion. Finally, the dancer joins the
action − heels clicking, costume swirling − keeping the audience
involved in the unfolding story.
Flamenco is most often staged in Andalusia, where it
originated and where the dance continues to thrive.
Seville, for example, hosts a huge festival every
two years in September. Flamenco also
plays a significant role in the Granada
music festival in June and July every
year. For exact venues and dates, visit
the
Flamenco
website
at
www.flamenco.com.
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Examiner's
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Part 2: Exercise 3
Read the following article about Bergen, a city in Norway.
Then complete the task on the opposite page.
Visiting
Bergen
Bergen is a harbour city situated halfway
up the coast of Norway. In winter, when
the snow settles over its streets, the
visitor is left in no doubt of its location
— Bergen is situated only a few hundred
miles south of the Arctic Circle.
Originally, Bergen was established as a
Viking trading post for the fishing
settlements of the far north. From here,
they traded wind-dried fish as far away as
the coast of Africa and even to
Newfoundland 500 years before
Columbus set sail to discover it. Their
legacy remains in Bergen - the fishing
boats, the yachts and the large ferries,
which still provide a route to the far north.
Indeed, a visit to Bergen should include
the four-hour tour of the northern fjords
by ferry boat from the harbour.
The houses around the harbour are made
of wood, their walls painted bright red
and saffron-yellow - they stand just like
tall ships moored by the waterside.
Often, the
houses are
linked by
covered
walkways
or passageways, and
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the roofs overhang the walls in order to
offer protection against the storms of
spring and the icy darkness of the winter
months. Light is crucial here; the
seasons are clearly defined by its
presence or its absence: in the winter it is
virtually dark all day, but in the summer
months the only darkness at night is a
sort of violet twilight which lasts until
morning.
Bergen houses a huge fish market and is
also famous for its meat and cheese
markets. People who live here are used
to wearing national costume at weddings
and celebrations - a lovely tradition and
a beautiful reminder of Bergen's culture.
Items of clothing make good souvenirs,
but then so do the trolls, model reindeer
and thick oiled-wool fisherman's
sweaters, which are on sale everywhere.
The latitude and setting of this city so
near to the Arctic Circle make it unique.
There is always something new to do try the ocean bathing pool, perhaps,
which is surrounded by a rocky
promontory in the harbour, and has a
diving board. For more information on
what to see and do in Bergen, contact the
Norwegian Tourist Board on 0906 302
2003, or look at www.visitbergen.com.
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Each member of your class has been asked to give a talk about one city anywhere in the world.
You decide to base your talk on the Bergen article. Make two short notes under each heading
as a basis for your talk.
For
Examiner's
Use
BERGEN
(a) Situation:
(b) Origins:
(c) Houses:
(d) Places to visit:
[Total: 8]
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Part 3
Part 3: Exercise 1
The poster below is displayed in your town.
Read the poster and write a letter to the town council.
Your letter should be about 150 words long.
Save our swimming pool!
Did you know that our local, open-air pool is to be filled in to make
way for a new block of flats?
Don't let this happen. Write to the town council and:
•
explain how important the pool is to local
families and visitors to your area
•
describe the pool's many other functions
− for example, canoeing, diving, snorkelling
tuition
•
suggest an alternative place for a building site.
Your voice counts - write to your town council now!
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For
Examiner's
Use
Dear Sir/Madam,
[12]
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Part 3: Exercise 2
Your friend has just come out of hospital and must recover quietly for a long period of time.
Write a letter of encouragement to her/him, suggesting ways of filling her/his time while she/he
gets better.
Your letter should be about 200 words long.
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For
Examiner's
Use
Dear Friend,
[12]
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Part 3: Exercise 3
Below are some points of view about the advantages and disadvantages of using mobile phones.
Write an article for your school or college magazine expressing your own views about mobile
phones.
The comments below may give you some ideas, but you are free to use your own ideas.
Your article should be about 200 words long.
“If I have my mobile with me, I
can phone home and say if I am
going to be late.”
“If someone’s phone rings
during a film, I get very angry!”
“I just use my phone in
emergencies, so my bills are not
too high.”
“Mobile phones are a
proven health hazard.”
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Examiner's
Use
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Copyright Acknowledgements:
Part 1. Exercise 1.
Part 1. Exercise 2.
Part 1. Exercise 3.
Part 2. Exercise 1.
Part 2. Exercise 2.
Part 2. Exercise 3.
© New Forest Owl Sanctuary
© Guinness World Ltd., London
© John Lewis
© Daily Mirror
© Colin Barraclough. Spanish Fire. Published by RCI Europe
© John Lewis
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